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Brunhild, retrieved 19 February 2005. Brunhild, retrieved 17 September 2005. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brunhilda". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Brunhild, Queen of Austrasia
The name Brunhild in its various forms is derived from the equivalents of Old High German brunia (armor) and hiltia (conflict). [4] The name is first attested in the sixth century, for the historical Brunhilda of Austrasia, [5] as Brunichildis.
Ingund's father Sigebert became ruler of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia in 561 on the death of his father Chlothar I. Following the tradition of the time, it would follow that Ingund was named after her father's mother. [3] Her siblings included a sister, Chlodosind (born about 569) and a brother Childebert (born 570). [4]
Brunhild, a figure in Germanic heroic legend; Brunhilda of Austrasia (c. 543–613), Frankish queen; Brunhilda, a genus of birds; See also.
Characters based on Brunhild and her depictions. She is a female character from Germanic heroic legend . She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess Brunhilda of Austrasia .
In the first instance, Gudrun's quarrel with Brunhild, which results in Sigurd's death at the urging of the latter, is widely thought to have its origins in the quarrel between the two historical Frankish queens, Brunhilda of Austrasia and Fredegund, the latter of whom had Brunhild's husband Sigebert I murdered by his brother Chilperic I, her ...
Fredegund is said to have ordered the assassination of Sigebert I of Austrasia in 575 and also to have made attempts on the lives of Sigebert's son Childebert II, her brother-in-law Guntram, king of Burgundy, and Brunhild.
Possibly from, or adapted to, PGmc *buð-("to offer"), [8] and may be based on Visigothic Balt dynasty, to which Brunhilda of Austrasia belonged. [8] The father of Attila. In Norse tradition, also the father of Brunhild. In Wolfdietrich, brother-in-law of Hugdietrich. In Ásmundar saga kappabana, grandfather of Hildebrand 1 and Asmund.